Catholic gathered to catch a glimpse of Pope Leo XIV in the prayer of St. Peter

Pope Leo XIV will greet the crowd from Basilica’s balcony on Sunday, who has been praying to Virgin Mary in his second official public presence since he became the leader of the Catholic Church.The afternoon (1000 GMT) prayer is expected to keep a look at thousands of people, Robert Francis Prevost’s modest Pontif, who spend most of his life as a missionary in Peru before becoming the first Pope of the United States. Cardinals chose Leo as the 267th Pope at a secret closing on Thursday, praying that he could fix the cracks within the church, renew the confidence among the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics and addresses a host of modern-day challenges weighing over 2,000 years old.According to a transcript issued by the Vatican, addressing the cardinals on Saturday, 69 -year -old Leo called himself “a humble servant of God … and nothing more than this” and St. Peter called the “disqualified heir”. On Sunday morning, a stable stream of pilgrims and worshipers began to gather at St. Peter’s square, which affected flags and Catholic symbols from all over the world. Priests and nuns with crowds, with many groups of young people, with some guitar and song songs. A 68 -year -old Racefina Macoi Torrevils, a 68 -year -old from San Diego, California, said Lio’s presence would be a “highlight” of his group pilgrimage. “We are expecting a good year, because the Catholic Church has been challenged, especially in the USA.” He hoped that the new Pope could help: “God walks mysteriously.”

Tribute to Francis:

In the first clues in the direction of his ponten, Leo said on Saturday that he would be inspired by his predecessor, Pope Francis – who died on April 21 at the age of 88 – “to calm the simplicity of life with his example and life’s simplicity”. Leo made an undeclared visit to pray before the simple marble tomb of Francis inside the Santa Maria Magior Basilica on Saturday evening. The Church was a favorite of Francis and the worshipers continue lining to pay their honors there. Cardinals described Leo in Mold, Francis, with commitment to the poor and the underprivileged, and focused on Catholics in far-flung areas far away from Rome. As an Augustinian and former missionary, he also believes that the church should be committed to the “missionary conversion of the entire Christian community”, as he told the cardinals. Prior to visiting Francis’ Tomb, Leo visited an Augustinian pilgrimage center in Rome, which is the Basilica Sanctuary of a good lawyer’s mother – underlining the new Pontif of religious order, which focuses on community and cooperation.The individual style of the new Pope is sometimes seen less directly than the impulse Francis, a progressive that shaved the church and often rubbed the wings within the Roman Curia, or the government of Holi C, during his 12-year-old sinner. Latin Patriyc of Jerusalem, Cardinal Perbatista Pizballa described Leo as “a person who immediately inspires great confidence, a lighter man who knows how to listen …”Pizballa told the courier dela Sera on Sunday, “We are at the beginning of her ponten, but already the first steps give us a lot of courage and comfort.

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Leo’s Regina Callie Prayer for Virgin Mary, hearing Easter and later, closes a busy week of meetings and audiences. On Monday, he will be officially presented to the international media who came to Rome to cover their election.He is planning to meet diplomats in the Vatican on Friday and then chaired the inauguration month of St. Peter on Sunday 18 to mark the onset of his ponten.The next week is marked by the first general audience of Leo on 21 May – a general weekly phenomenon by the Pope that includes readings from scripture and a homili to the public.He planned to meet with members of Roman Curia and Vatican officials on 24 May.In its first decisions, Leo has already stated that the dickster, or heads of the Vatican departments, will hold their positions for now. Those roles were suspended between Francis’ death and the choice of the new Pope. Vatican said, “The Holy Father wants to reserve some time for reflections, prayers and dialogues before any definite appointment or confirmation.” Meanwhile, Pontiff started his trips to capture four Popal Basilicas in Rome, including the scheduled journey of Santa Maria Magior on 25 May.Francis named Leo a cardinal in 2023, after choosing him to lead the powerful decostry of the bishop, which advises Pontif on the bishop appointments. But he has been largely unknown outside the Vatican. He spent almost two decades in Peru on a mission, to learn Peru’s citizenship and Spanish – which he used during his first address from St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday.